OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma City returns to the trails on Friday at the Oklahoma State Cowboy Jamboree.
 
The women's race begins at 8:15 a.m., with the men to follow at 8:50.
 
OCU Notebook
The Course: The Greiner Family Cross Country Course is an 8K for the men's race and a 6K for the women's.
 
The Field: Joining OCU and OSU on Friday are Oklahoma, Kentucky, Boston College, Oregon, Oral Roberts, TCU, SMU, Rice, UC-San Diego, New Mexico, Western Colorado, Southeastern Oklahoma State, Central Oklahoma, Fort Hays State, Oklahoma Christian, UT-Tyler, Lubbock Christian, Incarnate Word and Odessa. OCU is the lone NAIA school competing.
 
Previously for the OCU Women:  Three freshman led No. 25 Oklahoma City to a fourth-place finish in the women's race of Rogers State's Distance After Dark cross country meet. The Stars finished with 129 points, finishing behind three NCAA Division II schools: Rogers State (24 points), Oklahoma Christian (54) and Oklahoma Baptist (82). Kenzi Readnour, Isabella Gutierrez and Keira Readnour made their college debuts in the top three spots for the Stars in the five-kilometer race. Kenzi Readnour was ninth at 18:10, followed by Gutierrez in 12^th at 18:30 and Keira Readnour in 16^th at 18:48. Makenzi DeHart was 64^th at 21:02 and Mattie Adams finished 89^th at 22:38. Two other OCU runners did not finish.
 
Previously for the OCU Men: Oklahoma City placed eighth in the men's cross country season-opener at the Rogers State Distance After Dark. Seven Stars finished the four-mile race, led by Brayden Witthorne in 16^th at 21:07. Carson Patten was 27^th at 21:26, Ryan McLaughlin was 59^th at 22:19, Cooper Phillips finished 60^th at 22:26 and Javier Medina rounded out the scoring five in 85^th at 23:24. Robert Manzo finished 96^th at 24:18 and Jack Reed completed the course in 99^th at 23:34.
 
Jamboree History for OCU: The is the first trip to Stillwater for the Stars since 2021. OCU's men placed 12^th and the women were 15^th.